Coolgardie Goldfields.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 61, 1 February 1895, Page 2

Coolgardie Goldfields.

THE BIG NEW FIND. Melbourne, Jauuaay 15. Mr W. R. Wilson’s syndicate has been fortunate in one of its prospectors making the richest discovery known in Coolgardie for some months. The locality of the finds is three miles west from the brilliant Reward claim at the 45-mile. Richard Eades, the prospector, was out there just before Christmas, and found gold in a reef which had frequently been tapped. Having no tools he came into Ooolgardie and reported the discovery to John Reed, the syndicate’s representative. The find was kept quiet. Eades, fully equipped returned to the find and took three leases. Work was started and an extraordinary rich shot of gold discovered the stone being absolutely clotted with gold. From the drilling of small holes ten pennyweights of gold was washed. As far ns can be ascertained the show of gold is 8 feet wide, the reef running right through the property. Since the discovery, ground has been pegged out in all directions. Large numbers of men are arriving daily by teams, but there will not be nearly enough men to man the leases when the exemption expires. It is anticipated that labor will be scarce and wages high. , Forty men are working on the Croydon new field. The gold is found in lumps varying in size from lOoz to 1650 z. Some are doing well but others are net making a living.

The Argus correspondent says of the floods at the Ninety-Mile last Sunday :—About 10 o’clock there was a heavy dust-storm, followed by hail and rain which came down in torrents. Between Canegrass Swamp and Ninety-Mile two rivers 50 to 100 yards in width and 3 ft deep were formed. The swamp itself is 20 acres in extent and this was covered by 4ft of water. Miller’s condenser was completely submerged. At the Ninety-Mile Bew’s store had sins of water running through it and two shafts at Hicks’ mine were tilled to overflowing. All the dams from Twenty-Five-Mile to the Ninety-Mile were tilled, and all waterholes were running over. About 12.80 on Sunday night there w r as another heavy fall. The residents went out “specking” on Monday morning and a good many pieces ranging up. to loz were found on the old workings.